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The studio

The Gear

What is in the rooms, the racks and the mic locker. If you need something that is not listed, ask.

Control room

Console and
monitoring.

A 32-channel digital desk with Midas preamps, wired to every room in the building, so a full band can be tracked live from any of them.

Console
Behringer X32 with Midas preamps, X32 Edit on iPad
Channel strip
Focusrite Platinum Voicemaster Pro
Monitors
KRK Rokit 8 with 10S sub, Yamaha MSP5, Yamaha HS6
Control
Mackie Big Knob
Headphones
Behringer HA8000 and four MX400, 20 headphone outputs
Software
Logic Pro X, Ableton, Final Cut
The control room at Rocking Horse
Outboard rack and patchbay
Patchbay wiring

In the rack

Outboard.

Read off the rack itself, top to bottom. Brand links go to the makers.

Mixer
Behringer Eurorack Pro RX1202FX, 12-input rack mixer
Compressor
JoeMeek optical compressor
Channel
JoeMeek VC1 Studio Channel
Voice channel
Focusrite Platinum VoiceMaster Pro, with ADAT out to the desk
Dynamics
Samson S-com two-channel compressor and gate
Effects
Alesis MidiVerb III, Zoom Studio multi-effects
Patching
Behringer patchbays, every room, TV and camera on a labelled panel

Mic locker

Microphones.

Dynamic
Electro-Voice RE20, Shure SM58 x6, Shure SM57 x4, AKG D112, AKG D95S, Sennheiser 441-U x2, three further Sennheiser dynamics
Condenser
ADK S-51 x2, AKG C1000, Samson S02 x2
Boundary
Shure Beta 91A
Stage and spares
Behringer XM1800S x20
RE20SM57SM58D112441-UBeta 91AC1000
Electro-Voice RE20 in the control room
The vocal booth

Synths and keys

Analogue
on the wall.

Hardware synths sit patched in next to the desk, with a Yamaha SG2 upright piano in the live room, a donation to the studio and in regular use on sessions.

Synths
Korg MS-20 Mini, Behringer Poly D, Behringer MS-1
Piano
Yamaha SG2 upright
Instruments
Arturia V Collection, GForce, Native Instruments Komplete
Synths, turntables and keys in the control room
Korg MS-20 Mini
Oscillator bank
The Yamaha SG2 upright piano in the live room

Backline

Drums
and amps.

House kits and amps are in the rooms, and available to hire. Backline hire

Drum kits
Pearl Export, Premier x3, Mapex V x3, Yamaha Rydeen x2, Tama Swingstar, Gretsch Blackhawk
Guitar amps
Vox AC30, Marshall MG100 x4, two Marshall combos, Line 6, Peavey
Bass amps
Fender Rumble 100, Fender Rumble 150, Trace Elliot, Behringer bass head
House guitars on the wall

In the box

Plugins.

Arturia VD16FabFilter ProGForceiZotope Mix and MasterNI KompletePSPSlate DrumsWaves

Need something specific?

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